Minimization of cytogenetic toxicity of malathion by vitamin C.

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Genotoxic effect of agriculture-used concentration of organophosphorous pesticide, Malathion, is decreased by the dietary concentration of sodium salt of L-ascorbic acid for parameters like mitotic-index and clastogeny in onion root-tip cells, clastogeny and meiotic-index in mice, and lethal mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster. The vitamin itself is not genotoxic, and its concurrent administration is more...

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